Wolfram code

noun

Wolfram code

noun

Etymology Introduced by Stephen Wolfram in a 1983 paper.

1

A code used to describe one-dimensional cellular automaton rules, based on a mapping of cell states to a digit sequence.

  • The rule runs its own randomizer, using Wolfram code 30.1990 April 29, Rudy Rucker, “vants and wator, calab, long message”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
Related terms
Rule 110, Rule 184, Rule 30, Rule 90

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